ENGLISH QUIZ 41

ENGLISH QUIZ

1. One who is new to a profession?

A.) Novice

B.) Expert

C.) Professor

D.) Lecturer

 

2. One who knows many languages?

A.) Speaker

B.) Linguist

C.) Debater

D.) Stylist

 

 

3. One who talks in one’s sleep

A.) Somnambulist

B.) Somniloquist

C.) Neomatic

D.) Dreamer

 

4. One who settles in another country

A.) Settler

B.) Resident

C.) Immigrant

D.) None of these

 

5. One who lives on flesh

A.) Herbivorous

B.) Omnivorous

C.) Carnivorous

D.) Carnivorous

 

6. Killing one’s mother

A.) Matricide

B.) Homicide

C.) Patricide

D.) Suicide

 

7. A bunch of flowers

A.) Flock

B.) Group

C.) Fleet

D.) Bouquet

 

8. A place where dead bodies are kept

A.) Hospital

B.) Mortuary

C.) Garden

D.) Court

 

9. The house of an Eskimo

A.) Hut

B.) Building

C.) Hamlet

D.) Igloo

 

10. The study of mountains

A.) Philology

B.) Paleontology

C.) Orology

D.) Ornithology

 

11. I have been living in Hyderabad ______ 2010.

A.) on

B.) at

C.) in

D.) since

 

 

12. The first rank was shared ________ three students.

A.) for

B.) between

C.) among

D.) with

 

 

13. Joe and Jay always quarrel _______ themselves.

A.) for

B.) between

C.) over

D.) among

 

14. He prefers coffee _______ tea.

A.) to

B.) for

C.) on

D.) over

 

15. _______ seeing the police, the thief ran away.

A.) on

B.) by

C.) as

D.) none

 

16. Akash went to serve _______ the army.

A.) with

B.) in

C.) for

D.) by

 

17. I visited my grandmother along ______ my cousin.

A.) by

B.) to

C.) with

D.) None of these

 

18. She has been staying in Bombay ________ 2 years.

A.) from

B.) since

C.) by

D.) for

 

19. My friend presided ______ a meeting yesterday evening.

A.) over

B.) at

C.) with

D.) on

 

20. The child jumped _______ to catch the ball.

A.) up

B.) above

C.) by

D.) at

 

ANSWERS

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A